EP 0509631 A1 19921021 - Antifuses having minimum areas.
Title (en)
Antifuses having minimum areas.
Title (de)
Antischmelzsicherungen mit minimalischen Oberflächen.
Title (fr)
Antifusibles avec superfixie minimale.
Publication
Application
Priority
US 68743791 A 19910418
Abstract (en)
Antifuses having minimum areas are formed by a process including the steps of forming doped regions (12) in a semiconductor substrate, forming a dielectric layer (14,16) over the surface of the substrate, performing masking and etching steps to form apertures in the dielectric layer over portions of the doped regions where antifuses are to be formed, depositing a second dielectric layer (20) over the first dielectric layer and the apertures, the second dielectric layer having a faster etch rate than the first dielectric layer, etching the second dielectric layer to leave spacers (22) at the edges of the apertures, forming the antifuse dielectric (26) in the apertures, and forming upper antifuse electrodes (28) over the antifuse dielectric. In another process, a process for forming antifuses includes the steps of forming a dielectric layer over the surface of a semiconductor substrate, forming a first layer of polysilicon over the insulating layer, forming apertures in between portions of the first polysilicon layer where antifuses are to be formed, doping the exposed regions in the substrate using the polysilicon as a masking member, depositing an oxide over the polysilicon regions, etching the oxide to expose the substrate between the regions of first layer polysilicon, forming the antifuse dielectric in the apertures, and forming upper antifuse electrodes over the antifuse dielectric. The process of the present invention may also be used to form antifuses in layers above the substrate. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G11C 17/06 (2006.01); H01L 21/82 (2006.01); H01L 23/525 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H01L 23/5252 (2013.01 - EP US); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01 - EP US); H01L 2924/3011 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 148/055 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 0250078 A2 19871223 - ACTEL CORP [US]
- [A] EP 0414361 A2 19910227 - ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC [US]
- [A] US 3675090 A 19720704 - NEALE RONALD G
- [A] IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN. vol. 29, no. 3, August 1986, NEW YORK US page 1328; 'Method to produce sizes in openings in photo images smaller than lithographic minimum size'
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0509631 A1 19921021; JP H05136273 A 19930601; US 5508220 A 19960416
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 92301723 A 19920228; JP 10357292 A 19920330; US 24300193 A 19930601